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The latest from the café racer world — builder profiles, road tests, events, and industry news.
Shuffle off to Buffalo
We received an invite recently from our friends at Buffalo, New York’s City Limit Moto, to host an…
China Parts Crisis Ending?
Say goodbye to this sort of cheap knock-off sportbike bodywork from overseas. To date, I believe myself to…
Rare Chance To Commission a Hageman Special
The custom motorcycle market is indeed a fickle mistress. Bikes that were under-loved cast-offs a few years back…
Chopistick Impressions
For a mode of transportation, motorcycling generates a great deal of unique creativity. In our current, October/November issue,…
Enfield Twins Are Stunners
Just back from San Jose in foggy Northern California for the four-day global launch of…
Genius of the GS
Come our huge, 100-page October/November issue, we take a look at one of the unsung bargains of the…
Top 10 New Retro Cafe Racers
Burgeoning Market Full Of Choice Machines Riders looking for a taste of retro-flavored mo-suspension and specially tuned powerplants,…
Ladies Choice
Meet Arkansas’ Multigenerational Custom Clan In an age when many youngsters refuse to abandon their smartphones long enough…
The $400 Treasure
Originally trained as an aeronautical engineer, Dave Lawes reckons he caught the engineering equivalent of OCD. He admits…
CR Tech – Useful Tips and Tools from the CRM Garage
Vintage Britbike Owners’ Must.Do’s (and Don’ts) We’ve built several classic British specials, all chronicled in these pages over…
California – America’s Café Capitol
A few years back when Ace Café London’s marketing team was considering a Stateside loca.tion, they ended up…
London Balling
This year marked the 21st year that I’ve been visiting London’s annual Ace Cafe Reunion. The fabled transport…